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Collection Creator:
Macbeth Gallery  Search this
Container:
Box 135
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
ca. 1880-ca. 1968
Scope and Contents note:
This subseries contains a rich collection of photographs of many of the artists whose work was handled by the Macbeth Gallery. As revealed in the gallery's correspondence files, artists occasionally wrote to the gallery enclosing pictures for what was known as Macbeth's "Rogue Gallery," presumably a file of photographs maintained for publicity purposes. A substantial number of the photographs are original silver gelatin and platinum prints; there are also several daguerrotypes and an original photo postcard. Many of the photographs are autographed and some are addressed to the gallery. Many of the photographs were taken by commerical studios such as Alman & Co., De Vos, Haeseler, and Peter A. Juley, and several were taken by Gertrude Käsebier. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by artist with two group photographs at the end of the subseries showing a group of artists in the Sherwood Studio Building in 1889 (Willard Allen, Carleton Chapman, Herbert Denham, Sam Isham, Willard Metcalf, Robert Reid, Robert Van Boskerck, Thomas Sullivant, and Harry Watrous); and the group of artists known as "The Ten" (Frank W. Benson, William Merritt Chase, Joseph R. DeCamp, T. W. Dewing, Childe Hassam, W. L. Metcalf, Robert Reid, Edward Simmons, Edmund C. Tarbell and Julian Alden Weir) taken in 1908 on the occasion of their exhibition at Durand-Ruel, Inc. Folders may contain original prints in addition to copy prints and any accompanying or identifying information. The photographs of artists have been digitally scanned and may be viewed on the AAA Digital Collections Database.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Macbeth Gallery records, 1838-1968, bulk 1892 to 1953. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.macbgall, Subseries 8.1
See more items in:
Macbeth Gallery records
Macbeth Gallery records / Series 8: Photographs
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
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